This is something I have found and I want to know if anyone has come to a similar conclusion?
I find, using 2 ply clear batter and 1 ply clear reso heads (G2 and emperor and G1 and ambassador) from Evans and Remo respectively, the Evans have a more full tone, they just sound musical, but after a short time they sound dead and lifeless.
However Remo heads, while not sounding BAD, don't have as full a tone seem to sound new for several months.

Has anyone noticed this?
I have observed this with both my Tama starclassic performer (birch) and my Trick drums (aluminum).

Side note regardless of tom head selection I usually go with a Remo PS3 or 4 batter side kick and PS3 reso kick.

A friend of mine, also with a Mapex I think said the same thing. However he is not great at tuning so I wasn't sure how reliable his findings were. I kind of want to try aquarian on my set, but I haven't had good luck with them in the past and I'd hate to waste the money.

Hmmm.... vintage emperors. I don't think I have heard those.
The one down side to going from working in a music store to the fire department is I don't get to see and hear all the new stuff like I used to.

The vintage emperors are fairly new. I think they came out sometime last year.

Back on topic, I compared some Evans Hydraulic heads to a set of Remo Pinstripes, and after about five months of usage the Remos were torn apart. They were dented so much I just replaced them with Evans Coated G2s. The Hydraulics, after two years of usage, had little to medium wear. I didn't think the durability would have outperformed the Remos, but man was I wrong. As for sound/tonal loss, the Hydraulics never gave up on me (though it was a pretty dead sound to begin with). Only after a couple of months did the Pinstripes lose almost all tone.

A friend of mine, also with a Mapex I think said the same thing. However he is not great at tuning so I wasn't sure how reliable his findings were. I kind of want to try aquarian on my set, but I haven't had good luck with them in the past and I'd hate to waste the money.

I have used nothing but Aquarian for quite a few years now.

I've only had an issue with the coating of one head splitting on me. However, Aquarian promptly replaced at no charge.

They have absolutely been the best heads for me. The coating and tone lasts way longer than any other head I've used.

I agree with Brady. Aquarian all the way. I tried a few Remo and Evans heads, then started on Aquarian just based on their rep. LOVE 'EM!!! Running coated response 2 on all my toms, classic clear resos. Got a much better sound from them than anything before. Also helped that I learned how to tune better. Got a set of clear Studio X coming in the mail tomorrow. Just want to see what something 1 ply will sound like compared to the 2 ply response. Also, if you're looking for a great snare head. I have tried several different Aquarian snare batters, with good results, but the Hi-energy is the best I have played yet. I currently have 5 snares with that one on.

I have Mapex Saturns also and Remo heads are better on them. I use Vintage Emperors over regular Ambassadors.

I started my stave kit (which admittedly has less 'interpretation' of its sound from the drumheads, if you know what I mean- more consistent across different types) with a graduated set of Evans- G1 on the 10", G12 on the 12", and G14 on the 15" with Genera Resos on the top two and G12 reso on the 15" (all clear). I found this a really neat combo, but last week I put on clear Vintage Emperors on the 12" and 15" and found the sound much improved for my metal-ish tastes. They have more presence, more punch, and more control. I probably won't go back to the Evans stuff (though I might get coated G12s/G14s sometime since I found coated ambassadors don't work super well with the kit). I also am going to switch to Aquarian's Classic Clear resos at some point. If only they made 12 or 14mil heads, I'd probably use them primarily.

Maybe I should compare some clear Super-2s to my Vintage Emperors sometime.

I started my stave kit (which admittedly has less 'interpretation' of its sound from the drumheads, if you know what I mean- more consistent across different types) with a graduated set of Evans- G1 on the 10", G12 on the 12", and G14 on the 15" with Genera Resos on the top two and G12 reso on the 15" (all clear). I found this a really neat combo, but last week I put on clear Vintage Emperors on the 12" and 15" and found the sound much improved for my metal-ish tastes. They have more presence, more punch, and more control. I probably won't go back to the Evans stuff (though I might get coated G12s/G14s sometime since I found coated ambassadors don't work super well with the kit). I also am going to switch to Aquarian's Classic Clear resos at some point. If only they made 12 or 14mil heads, I'd probably use them primarily.

Maybe I should compare some clear Super-2s to my Vintage Emperors sometime.

I think I might try the vintage emperors. My kit is very sensitive to different heads. I really should give aquarian another shot.

This is something I have found and I want to know if anyone has come to a similar conclusion?
I find, using 2 ply clear batter and 1 ply clear reso heads (G2 and emperor and G1 and ambassador) from Evans and Remo respectively, the Evans have a more full tone, they just sound musical, but after a short time they sound dead and lifeless.
However Remo heads, while not sounding BAD, don't have as full a tone seem to sound new for several months.

Has anyone noticed this? .

I've been saying the same thing for twenty years. Out of the box I find very little difference, but after a couple of weeks the Evans have no tuning range left in them. Forget about the snare! I can beat all the life out of an Evans head in one session. Try this, when you take your heads out of the box tap them (holding the rim) and you will hear a note. When its change out time and you take them off your drum do the same. With Remos the note is still there, with Evans its gone, completely dead and flat. When I was a young drummer (being from a small town) I played what was available. When you get to a store and all they have in that size is Evans, well you buy it. It didn't take me long to learn that Evans were not as durable. The Emads do the same thing, sound great out of the box. Two weeks later you put it back in the box and into the recycling bin. (that last part is a bit exaggerated)

If you contact Remo about that, they'll most likely send you out a new head to replace the one where the coating wore off so quickly.

Generally, your snare will wear out much faster just because you play (hit) it more frequently than your other drums.

Yea, I'll see if I want to pursue that route. I've used Remo for years, so I know about their sub-par coating but this time around it was REALLY fast to wear. I've had a Vintage Ambassador on my other snare for I want to say 6 months, and while it's got stick marks and the coating's smooth it has not worn through.